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Departments of Corsica
Corsica, a French island in the Mediterranean, is divided into two departments. Haute-Corse in the north and Corse-du-Sud in the South. The capital of Haut-Corse is Bastia, which is the largest city in Haut-Corse. The capital of Corse-du-Sud is Ajaccio, which is the largest city in Corse-du-Sud and the largest city in Corsica. In 2019, Haut-Corse had a population of 181,933. In 2019, Corse-de-Sud had a population of 158,507.

History
Corsica was first annexed by France in 1769 but was not incorporated into the French state until 1789. In 1793 the island was split into the departments of Golo and Liamone. Their borders roughly correspond to the modern borders of Haut-Corse and Corse-du-Sud. From then until 1976, Corsica was one department. In 1976, it split into the modern departments.

In 2018, the two departments voted to form one single territorial collectivity, although the two administrative departments still exist.